[Fai-commit] r4132 - trunk/man

[Thomas Lange]

Author: lange
Date: 2006-11-02 19:39:56 +0100 (Thu, 02 Nov 2006)
New Revision: 4132

Modified:
   trunk/man/ainsl.1
Log:
explain ^ and $ treatment in more detail


Modified: trunk/man/ainsl.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/ainsl.1	2006-11-02 17:01:56 UTC (rev 4131)
+++ trunk/man/ainsl.1	2006-11-02 18:39:56 UTC (rev 4132)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
-.TH ainsl 1 "21 september 2006" "FAI 3"
+.TH ainsl 1 "2 november 2006" "FAI 3"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 PATTERN is not found in the file.
 
 If PATTERN is not given, LINE is used instead for matching a line in
-FILE. Then LINE may also contain simple regex like '^' and '$' which
-are only used for matching, not when adding the line. Additionaly,
+FILE. Then LINE may also contain the anchors '^' and '$' which
+are only treated special at the beginning or end of the pattern and
+are used for matching, not when adding the line. Additionaly,
 following characters are escaped in LINE: ( )
 
 .SH OPTIONS